Chap.t. Witted : and therefore paid for hislearning, twice, at leaft,inholy z Chroct. s 7. hi{tory. One thing in the narration of his alts is very remark- able. Heplaced forces in all the fenced cities:yet is it not laid there- upon, that the fear of the Lord fell on the neighbour Nations.But when hehad eftablifhed a preaching miniftry in all the Citi-es,then his enemies feared,and made no warre : Solidiffima regia pelitia n 5:»236'114 . dafsr, (faith Paradinus) eft verismDei cultumubivisftabilire; Alias, qui pot&aut Deus Reges beare, a quibus negligitur, ant populusfideliter celere, qui de obfequio fuonon rcEte inftituitur. Theordinances ofGod are the beauty and bulwark of a placeand people. And 7ehofaphat begat7orant]that lived undefired,and diedun- lamented. While he lived, there was no ufeofhim, and when he died, no mine of him : nomore then of the paringof the nails, or ß.,e4,12 fweeping of the houle. He livedwickedly, and died wiihedly, as Dan nat. of it is laid of KingEdwin. "gi4. And foram begat Ozias] Heree/fhaziah, feafband Amaziah are Written in the earth, notonce fet down in the roll : perhaps it Gen.'''. was, becaufe they were imped in the wicked family of Ahab. This Vzcias, though a King, yet he loved husbandry, 2 Chron.26. Thrift is the fuell of magnificence. He was at length a leper,yet {till remained a King. Infirmities may deform us, they cannot de- throne us. The Englith laws ( faith Camden) pronounce, that Can:dens the crown once worne, quite taketh away all defeas whatfoever : Sure it is, that when God once crowns a man with his grace and favour, that man is out of harms-way for ever. Verfe9. And Ozias begat 7oatham.] A pious Prince, but not very profperous.Grace is not given to any, as a target againft out- ward aflliEhon. And peatham begat Ahnt. ] A {curdy ftigmatick, abranded re- bell. Themore he wu dißtreffed, the more he trefÇafled. This Humilianta. is that Ahaz, 2 Chron.2S.aa. Howmany (now adaies) are hum- í' burnitc bled, yet not humble ? Low, but not lowly ? Qui nec fraOtis =t°Cáu :,, Be cervicibus inclinantur, as Hieron complaineth : quos multofa- p f 3. Ixa fi i ciliau jrcgeris, quam flexeris, as another hath it. Thefe are like tnter+mipot the creatuae called Monoceros, who may be kdd, but not caught. capi non pa PleftimuraDeo,faith Sa1vian,nec fl- Etimur tamers : corripimur, Pilo. fed non corrigimur. But if menharden, their hearts againft cor- rec4ïon : God will harden his hand, and haften their deitru- ion. B 4 alhaz according ta St M A T T H L vv.
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